Treating materials with ozone
US5507957A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 31, 1993 |
| Grant date | Apr 16, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02C20/40
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of treating a material with ozone including the steps of passing oxygen rich gas from a PSA plant 2 through an ozonizer 4 and then passing the ozonized oxygen thus formed directly back to the PSA plant where the ozone is adsorbed in a bed of silica gel contained within a vessel. During the desorption step nitrogen adsorbed in a bed of zeolite also located in the vessel desorbs the ozone from the bed of silica gel and a nitrogen-ozone gas leaves the PSA plant via a line in the feed end. The material is treated with the nitrogen-ozone gas.
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